Increased
Intracranial Pressure

17 year old male who plays football at the High School level has presented to the emergency department with altered level of consciousness. Has a history of three epsiodes of loss of consciousness.
Source: Lewis, S. (2007). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier.

Nursing

The overall goals are that the patient with increased ICP will have ICP within normal limits, maintain a patent airway, demonstrate normal fluid and electrolyte balance, and have no complications secondary to immobility and decresed LOC